{"id":15136,"date":"2018-07-25T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosoncfb.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=15136"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:17:07","slug":"ranking-kentuckys-2018-road-games-by-winnability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2018\/07\/25\/ranking-kentuckys-2018-road-games-by-winnability\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Kentucky\u2019s 2018 Road Games By Winnability"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kentucky Wildcats<\/strong> play five games away from Kroger Field<\/strong> this season. These games feature match ups with three of their biggest rivals. In addition,\u00a0Mark Stoops<\/a>\u2019 club visits a place the school hasn’t played in over 60 years. We are going to rate each of the contests from least to best chances of victory. Let\u2019s begin Ranking Kentucky\u2019s 2018 Road Games By Winnability.<\/p>\n

Ranking Kentucky\u2019s 2018 Road Games By Winnability<\/h2>\n

Not Since The Bear Roamed The Sidelines<\/h3>\n

Number 5- October 6th- At Texas A&M-<\/strong> Kentucky and Texas A&M<\/strong> have only met twice in history with each team winning once. Under\u00a0Bear Bryant <\/a> Kentucky visited College Station in 1952 with the Cats winning 10-7. The Aggies returned the favor the next season with a 7-6 win in Lexington. Following the 1953 season, Bryant left Kentucky for Texas A&M and the rest became college football history.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Aggies club features new head coach\u00a0Jimbo Fisher <\/a> who left Florida State<\/strong> after eight seasons. This game will feature a high powered offense versus what should be a strong Kentucky defense.<\/p>\n

However, this is the last in a stretch of three straight tough conference games with South<\/strong> Carolina<\/strong> and Mississippi State<\/strong> before. Kentucky has lost nine straight road games at SEC West opponents by an average margin of 21 points. That along with the 12th Man at Kyle Field makes this the most likely loss on the schedule.<\/p>\n

Offensive Fireworks<\/h3>\n

Number 4- October 27th-<\/strong> At Missouri- The Cats begin a tough final five games of the season as they head to Columbia for a date with the Tigers.<\/p>\n

With quarterback Drew Lock<\/a> returning,\u00a0Barry Odom<\/a>\u2019s club is considered a dark horse in the SEC East. They are loaded on offense however can the defense stop anyone?<\/p>\n

Kentucky has won the last three in the series, including\u00a035-21 win <\/a> in Columbia two years ago. The question is can the Wildcats score enough points to match Missouri.<\/p>\n

Battle For The Governor\u2019s Cup<\/h3>\n

Number 3- November 24th- At Louisville-<\/strong> Lamar Jackson<\/a> now plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. Sophomore Jawon Pass<\/a> has the unenviable task of replacing the school\u2019s only Heisman winner.<\/p>\n

It has been an eventful off-season for the Cards with all the controversy surrounding \u201cPapa\u201d John Schnatter. His use of racial slurs caused his company to be removed as the sponsor of the Louisville stadium.<\/p>\n

Depending on how their respective seasons go, this game could be for a bowl bid. Each team would love nothing more than to be the reason the other stays home in December. In addition whoever wins in 2018 takes the lead in the series which is tied at 15 wins apiece.<\/p>\n

Two year\u2019s ago Kentucky went into the game a four touchdown underdog and pulled the 41-38 upset. <\/a><\/p>\n

As we continue Ranking Kentucky’s 2018 Road Games By Winnability, it is time to look at the two games the Cats may be most likely to win. In order to do that Kentucky will have to do something they haven’t done in decades.<\/p>\n

Trying To Break Two Long Losing Streaks<\/h3>\n

Number 2- September 8th- At Florida-<\/strong> Of course everyone knows about the 31-game losing streak to the Gators. In addition the last time the Cats won in Gainesville was 1979.<\/p>\n

Florida has a new coach on the sidelines in Dan Mullen<\/a>, who returns to his alma mater after nine seasons at Mississippi State.<\/strong> Kentucky went 1-8 against him while in Starkville.<\/p>\n

2017 was a disaster for Florida,<\/strong> going 4-7 and missing out on a bowl game for only the second time since 1986. Truth be told, the Cats should have won three of the last four games against the Gators including last season’s 28-27 debacle.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

While playing in \u201cThe Swamp\u201d is not an ideal location for a first away game, playing early in the season could be a benefit. It may take a little time to get Mullen\u2019s system fully implemented so Kentucky could be catching them at a good time.<\/p>\n

Number 1- November 10th- At Tennessee-<\/strong> It\u2019s tough to pick Kentucky\u2019s best chance for a road win at a place they haven\u2019t won since 1984. However the Volunteer program is in full rebuilding mode.<\/p>\n

Former Alabama assistant\u00a0Jeremy Pruitt <\/a> takes over after the\u00a0Butch Jones <\/a> debacle. The Vols went 4-8 last season and finished winless in the SEC for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

After losing 26 straight to Tennessee,\u00a0<\/strong>the Cats have won two of the last seven. The last time Kentucky beat both Florida and Tennessee in the same season was 1977. For Stoops\u2019 club to finally take that next step in the SEC they have to beat the Gators and Vols.<\/p>\n

Thanks for checking out Ranking Kentucky\u2019s 2018 Road Games By Winnability here at Last<\/strong> Word On College Football.<\/strong> Next times we rank the Wildcats chances of winning each of their seven home games.<\/p>\n

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The Kentucky Wildcats play five games away from Kroger Field this season. These games feature match ups with three of their biggest rivals. In addition,\u00a0Mark Stoops\u2019 club visits a place the school hasn’t played in over 60 years. We are going to rate each of the contests from least to best chances of victory. Let\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":877,"featured_media":9568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35579,3],"tags":[3328,184,1197,1051,804,438,21,126,415],"class_list":["post-15136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-kentucky-wildcats","category-sec","tag-bear-bryant","tag-cfb","tag-dan-mullen","tag-drew-lock","tag-jeremy-pruitt","tag-jimbo-fisher","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-ncaa","tag-sec-east"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78708,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15136\/revisions\/78708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}